What does Jin Mu mean by fire, water and earth?

Jin Mu's fire, water and soil are collectively called the five elements, which refer to the five basic elements that make up matter. Ancient philosophers in China used the theory of five elements to explain the formation of all things in the world and their relationships.

Origin of five elements:

Regardless of time, heaven and earth are called chaotic state. Heaven and earth are mixed, the sun, the moon and the stars are not born, and there is no alternation between cold and heat day and night. There is no wind, rain and lightning above, and there is no vegetation, mountains, rivers, people, birds, insects and beasts below. At this moment, an aura is running in the body, so water is born from Tai Chi, fire is born from the beginning, wood is born from the beginning, gold is born from Tai Su and unearthed from Tai Chi. The five elements come from this. Since then, heaven and earth have developed separately.

Extended data

The five elements are interdependent:

If the sky has no soil, it can't cover the earth; If there is no soil on the ground, it can't bear everything on the ground, and there is nowhere for grain to grow; Without soil, people can't reproduce naturally without standing for five years. Therefore, heaven and earth cannot be soilless.

If wood is soilless, it has no power to cultivate; If fire is soilless, it can't shine everywhere; If gold is soilless, it is difficult to be sharp and sharp; If water is soilless, it can't flow around by topography. If there is no water and wood in the soil, nothing can grow; Without fire and gold, it cannot thrive. This is an indispensable truth of the five elements, and the five elements are also constructed from it.